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Art Deco · 07-11-2021, 03:40 PM

Game 1: Even though they had an off-day after playing 34 innings in two days, the main objective tonight was to not tax the bullpen too much. And Leo Ortega obliged, going 7 strong innings in an 9-1 hammering of Houston. Despite allowing a first-inning run Ortega finished 7 4 1 1 0 6 and now sports an absurd 9/104 BB/K ratio in 102 innings. He improved to 9-4 and lowered his ERA to 2.98 while Billy Hoyte needed only 17 pitches to get through the final two innings. Victor de Jesus was 2-5 with HR #33 and 2 RBI, Dayle Jenkins drove in 3, and Mike McKee, Javier Baez and Jaiden Hardaway were each 2-5 with an RBI.

Game 2: Another extra-inning game was the last thing we wanted, but if you're going to play one you might as well win and that's what the Rays did today, edging Houston 3-2 in 11 innings. Jaiden Hardaway's 2-out single scored Jon Jimenez from 2nd to break the deadlock, after Jimenez's 2-run HR (#34, his first since August 7) gave the Rays their two regulation runs. Josh Hanna started and continued his excellent form, going 6.2 5 2 1 2 4 and lowering his ERA to 2.95, while Tim Siqueiros struck out three of the four men he retired, and Jim Golunski did him even better by whiffing 5 of the 6 he faced and retired. That was enough to get him his 3rd Rays win, and with Kikuo Kawase still tired from throwing 3 innings on Sunday, Mike Wherry got save #3 after pitching around a leadoff walk.

Oh, and incidentally tonight's win clinched the AL East for the 14th straight season, for those keeping track.

Game 3: The Rays outhit the Astros 13-7 but unfortunately were outscored by them 7-3 and dropped the final game of the series. The main problem was that Nate Thompson gave up a couple of big homers, a 2-run shot to Alex Padilla in the 1st and a 3-run blast by Ian Rhodes in the 3rd, and he finished 4.2 4 6 6 3 6 to fall to 18-4, 4.47. Bob Sirna went 1 1/3 and Ron Adams allowed an unearned run in his 2 innings of work while fanning 4. Jon Jimenez led the offense, going 3-5 with an RBI and Omar Rodriguez was 2-4 with a ribbie as they had plenty of baserunners but few big hits.

Team record: 107-28. Next up: Back home for 3 against Cleveland.

07-11-2021, 03:40 PM	#1082
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 6,933	August 28-30, 2035: at Houston (3) Game 1: Even though they had an off-day after playing 34 innings in two days, the main objective tonight was to not tax the bullpen too much. And Leo Ortega obliged, going 7 strong innings in an 9-1 hammering of Houston. Despite allowing a first-inning run Ortega finished 7 4 1 1 0 6 and now sports an absurd 9/104 BB/K ratio in 102 innings. He improved to 9-4 and lowered his ERA to 2.98 while Billy Hoyte needed only 17 pitches to get through the final two innings. Victor de Jesus was 2-5 with HR #33 and 2 RBI, Dayle Jenkins drove in 3, and Mike McKee, Javier Baez and Jaiden Hardaway were each 2-5 with an RBI. Game 2: Another extra-inning game was the last thing we wanted, but if you're going to play one you might as well win and that's what the Rays did today, edging Houston 3-2 in 11 innings. Jaiden Hardaway's 2-out single scored Jon Jimenez from 2nd to break the deadlock, after Jimenez's 2-run HR (#34, his first since August 7) gave the Rays their two regulation runs. Josh Hanna started and continued his excellent form, going 6.2 5 2 1 2 4 and lowering his ERA to 2.95, while Tim Siqueiros struck out three of the four men he retired, and Jim Golunski did him even better by whiffing 5 of the 6 he faced and retired. That was enough to get him his 3rd Rays win, and with Kikuo Kawase still tired from throwing 3 innings on Sunday, Mike Wherry got save #3 after pitching around a leadoff walk. Oh, and incidentally tonight's win clinched the AL East for the 14th straight season, for those keeping track. Game 3: The Rays outhit the Astros 13-7 but unfortunately were outscored by them 7-3 and dropped the final game of the series. The main problem was that Nate Thompson gave up a couple of big homers, a 2-run shot to Alex Padilla in the 1st and a 3-run blast by Ian Rhodes in the 3rd, and he finished 4.2 4 6 6 3 6 to fall to 18-4, 4.47. Bob Sirna went 1 1/3 and Ron Adams allowed an unearned run in his 2 innings of work while fanning 4. Jon Jimenez led the offense, going 3-5 with an RBI and Omar Rodriguez was 2-4 with a ribbie as they had plenty of baserunners but few big hits. Team record: 107-28. Next up: Back home for 3 against Cleveland. Last edited by Art Deco; 07-11-2021 at 05:31 PM.